What Happened in 1999 inc. Pop Culture, Prices and EventsWhat happened in 1999 Major News Stories include World Worries about Y2K and the millennium bug, Columbine High School shootings, Dr Jack Kevorkian, found guilty of second-degree murder for giving a lethal injection in a case of voluntary euthanasia, Start of Millennium celebrations worldwide, Euro currency introduced, Pakistan and India fight for control of Kashmir